Iraqi doctors strike over police harassment

[maddezmom]

By Waleed Ibrahim
21 minutes ago



BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Doctors at the main hospital in Baquba, north of Baghdad, have gone on strike, saying they are fed up with constant abuse at the hands of aggressive Iraqi police and soldiers.


Staff and security guards at the hospital, the largest in the province with more than 100 doctors and 400 beds, handed a petition to the director on Saturday saying they would only handle emergency cases until their grievances were addressed.

"We want the governor and the minister to do something to protect us from the organized terrorism of the police and army," Mohammed Hazim, a specialist at Baquba General Hospital, said.

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more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050618/wl_nm/iraq_hospital_dc;_

[truthisfreedom]

1. crazy. what next? this makes bushco look soo gooooooood!

just wunnerful what we've accomplished, huh?

[TomClash]

2. It is Bushco

[Supersedeas]

3. Freedom is on the march-- * will probably tout the right to strike

(over there)

[leftchick]

4. "drunk or medicated"!!

I wonder where they got the drugs? :eyes:


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Other doctors and security staff at the hospital corroborated Hussein's account of Friday's incident, saying they were stunned by the behavior of the police, who arrived in a group of around 50, all of them heavily armed.

"I swear they were not normal. They seemed drunk or medicated, they were crazed," another doctor said, asking that his name not be used for fear of reprisals. He said he had signed the petition handed to the hospital director.

"We can't work under such circumstances. No one can work with police with weapons all around. They are so abusive."

[maddezmom]

5. body of doctor found south of Baghdad

The body of a doctor was found south of Baghdad, Al-Yarmouk hospital also reported. Mundir Mohammed Abbas had his hands bound and was shot in the head. It was unclear why the doctor was killed.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050618/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_violence_1

[Coexist]

6. important article on 'inside the new Iraq'

recommended

[Desertrose]

7. Oh yeah, we're just making things better 'n' better over there....

what a mess....

[stickdog]

8. Good news! We've finally trained enough Iraqi police to have an impact!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

9. Hey...they're just doing what they've been taught by their trainers.